July! What are you reading?
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Annie, did you end up reading the nanny book? I finished a couple of weeks ago and thought it got better as it went along, but still wasn't a huge fan.
Similarly, once that was done I read "Queen of Kings" which is a very strange historical fiction where Cleopatra turns into a vampire. Just finished that one today. Would not recommend it.
Next up is "Me Before You" by Jojo Moyes (sp?). Hoping it will break the meh books streak.
Similarly, once that was done I read "Queen of Kings" which is a very strange historical fiction where Cleopatra turns into a vampire. Just finished that one today. Would not recommend it.
Next up is "Me Before You" by Jojo Moyes (sp?). Hoping it will break the meh books streak.
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I just finished The House at Tyneford by Natasha Solomons. I enjoyed it, though the ending felt a little rushed.
Next up is The fault in our stars.
Next up is The fault in our stars.
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Spudd, I didn't stick with it. I really didn't like it in the first 30 pages and then I made the mistake of reading all the bad reviews on Goodreads.
Sometime last week I started Reconstructing Amelia and finished it on Saturday. It was a really good summer read.
Next up is "Me Before You".
Sometime last week I started Reconstructing Amelia and finished it on Saturday. It was a really good summer read.
Next up is "Me Before You".
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Make sure to post about "Me Before You." I will be next in the book club rotation and am considering this one. I remember a few others here enjoying it earlier this year.
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I started The Fault in our Stars last night and finished it today. My only complaint is that teenagers don't speak so eloquently, but I guess that's small potatoes.
I can't remember offhand what else I picked up on Friday but I will start it tonight.
I can't remember offhand what else I picked up on Friday but I will start it tonight.
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I finished Always Watching by Chevy Stevens. I've read a few of hers before and liked them. This one was just ok.
Next up is Life After Life by Kate Atkinson. Then I need to get to the library as I have nothing left!
Next up is Life After Life by Kate Atkinson. Then I need to get to the library as I have nothing left!
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I finished The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani and enjoyed it.
Next up is Big Brother by Lionel Shriver.
Next up is Big Brother by Lionel Shriver.
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I started "The Dinner" by Herman Koch last night. It's very intriguing, and I think this is going to be another quick read. I'm having a good run!
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I just finished Maya's Notebook and I LOVED it! Best book in a long time. Everybody, go read it:
http://www.amazon.com/Mayas-Notebook-No ... el+allende
And by the way, that summary kinda sucks. It doesn't do it justice.
http://www.amazon.com/Mayas-Notebook-No ... el+allende
And by the way, that summary kinda sucks. It doesn't do it justice.
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I don't think I have read so many books so quickly since I was a kid on summer holidays. I just finished The dinner by Herman Koch. It was very very good.
Next up is Beachcombers by Nancy Thayer. And then I have 4 books to pick up at the library on Thursday; it's across the road from the dentist.
Next up is Beachcombers by Nancy Thayer. And then I have 4 books to pick up at the library on Thursday; it's across the road from the dentist.
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Just put Maya's Notebook on hold!
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Blush, I liked The Dinner a lot too!
I started Life After Life by Kate Atkinson last night and just couldn't get into it. The whole time I was WTF is going on.
Nothing left at home....must get to the library tonight!
I started Life After Life by Kate Atkinson last night and just couldn't get into it. The whole time I was WTF is going on.
Nothing left at home....must get to the library tonight!
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Me too! Man, I am number 1 in the queue for seven different books. They'd better not come in all at once. Tomorrow I pick up Maeve Binchy's "A Week in Winter" and "Learning to Swim" by Sara J. Henry.Spudd wrote:Just put Maya's Notebook on hold!
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Rowan wrote:I started Life After Life by Kate Atkinson last night and just couldn't get into it. The whole time I was WTF is going on.
Same here. I bailed after about 50 pages. There have been a ton of books on the "hot summer reading lists" that I've not been impressed with. (Life After Life, Reconstructing Amelia, The Interestings...)
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mellen, thank you made me feel better. Didn't like Amelia either but I did like The Interestings.
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Spudd and Blush, yay! I hope you guys like it. Have you read anything else by her?
I started Flight Behavior by Barbar Kingsolver and I'm not getting into it. I'm on page 65. And I came to the beach today and didn't bring anything else, so I'm stuck with it until Friday or Saturday, when we're going home. I can't believe I did this again! What an idiot!
I started Flight Behavior by Barbar Kingsolver and I'm not getting into it. I'm on page 65. And I came to the beach today and didn't bring anything else, so I'm stuck with it until Friday or Saturday, when we're going home. I can't believe I did this again! What an idiot!
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Silvia, I'm sorry that stinks! But that's why you never just travel w ith one book....
I got The Engagement by J. Courtney Sullivan to start at hockey tonight. I'm excited! I also picked up a pile of 10 or so books at the library last night.
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I got The Engagement by J. Courtney Sullivan to start at hockey tonight. I'm excited! I also picked up a pile of 10 or so books at the library last night.
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Ro, I know! But I was taking the bus here because I'd left my car here (went back home with Niko on Sunday, it seemed like a waste to drive both cars) and my aunt had asked me to bring back Maya's Notebook if I was done with it, and bringing 3 books in a backpack seemed heavy, so I just brought 2. Not that you asked
And btw, Flight Behavior still sucks
. Unless something extraordinarily gripping happens in the next 20 pages, I'm dropping it. So far half the book is the protagonist complaining about her MIL. I already DO that in real life, I don't need my fiction to be about that!
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Liking The Engagements!
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Sil, I didn't like Flight Behavior either (and I'm a big Kingsolver fan!).
I'm about 3/4 of the way through Big Brother by Lionel Shriver. Not sure how I feel about it yet. I thought it was really good in the beginning but now some of the characters are really getting on my nerves.
Rowan - I have The Engagements waiting for me at on the hold shelf - I need to get to the library this weekend!
I'm about 3/4 of the way through Big Brother by Lionel Shriver. Not sure how I feel about it yet. I thought it was really good in the beginning but now some of the characters are really getting on my nerves.
Rowan - I have The Engagements waiting for me at on the hold shelf - I need to get to the library this weekend!